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Originally Posted by DZ
It sounds like most guys here just don't want anyone dragging at any place any time. A small time dragger could just as well caught the same tuna and they would still have to be discarded.
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Pretty much my opinion of dragging. You eliminate dragging and you resolve a number of ecological issues. Not only is by-catch a major issue, it seems pretty common knowledge that they have no regard for sustainability, bottom trawlers completely destroy habitat that could harbor juvenile fish and there is literally no accountability.
To re-emphasize my earlier analogy, dragging is no different than the companies that clear-cut rainforests, doing whatever they can to make money without regard for the lasting effects on fish stocks or the overall ecological consequences. A few small groups will eventually completely ruin the seas for the rest of us.
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